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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonSuffer the migrant childrenA film charting the plight of a young Afghan refugee deported from the UK has been submitted as evidence to a parliamentary human rights...
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Largely peaceful NUS protest ends in ugly scenes
A National Union of Students protest against tuition fees and youth unemployment ended in ugly scenes today when a splinter group forced the union's president from the stage during the closing rally.
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Parents call for Lib Dem scalps as students march again
Liberal Democrat MPs who signed a pledge against increasing tuition fees should not stand for re-election, according to parents quizzed in a new poll.
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Moocs model moves into community colleges
Students at two US community colleges are to be given access to a tailored online computer science programme delivered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), thanks to a grant from the...
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Report shows Oxbridge influence
A third of Britain's most high-profile people went to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a study has found.
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Inside Higher Ed: Seeing is believing
By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed
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Oil and gas giant launches scholarship programme
BP has launched a new scholarship programme for "talented science, technology, engineering and maths undergraduates studying at nine selected universities across the UK".
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Student visa difficulties easing, agent survey indicates
Agents for international students looking to study abroad have reported fewer difficulties in obtaining student visas for the UK than last year, according to a new survey.
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Animated future for UK universities
You might think higher education mission groups only get animated when they are scoring points at each other's expense.But the University Alliance of "business-engaged" universities is taking a novel...
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Surrey v-c still unopposed for UUK presidency
Universities UK has confirmed that Sir Christopher Snowden will still be its next president, after a technical error forced it to rerun the nominations process.
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Royal Charter for chiropractors angers critics
Critics of complementary and alternative medicine have condemned the Privy Council's decision to award a Royal Charter to chiropractors' professional body.
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News in brief
United StatesBachelor's boys and girlsRecord numbers of young adults in the US are completing high school and attending and finishing university, according to research. Analysis of newly available...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment Programme• Award winner: Jason Waugh• Institution: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust• Value: £554,488How accurate...
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Not enough information: colleges turn on Unistats' 'misleading' data
Student information website provokes dismay in further education sector. David Matthews reports